15 SIAL Trend & Innovation Awards To New Foods & Drinks Announced

Every two years, The Trends & Innovations Observatoryof SIAL, an international group of judges awards brand new products that are innovative and have the potential to become successful because of their uniqueness and quality. These 15 mouth-watering foods and drinks from 6 countries have been announced. Nine of the 15 awards went to French companies.

Love the brand name! That alone should propel this specialty food. Of course, it sounds delicious too. You can get fried chicken, fried shrimp, and fried vegetable sandwiches, and instead of bread, a mixture of sticky, brown, and sushi rices, created in The Netherlands (?) I want one!

You have to admit the packaging draws you in. And crocs are in this year, as the reptiles of interest. Once the packaging and branding are approved, the Croc' Légumes are a healthy, low calorie snack food in carrots/cumin and beetroot/shallot flavors.

Here's a neat product. Organic essential oils are spiced and crystallized for use in cooking. A variety of flavors are available - fennel, bergamot, basil, etc - and they are reported to taste clear and strong. Great way to get you essential oils, season your food, and save time.

6. Spain: SIAL Trend & Innovation Award to Honey Preserve, Helios

Helios
is sold in the U.S.; maybe we will get to try this award winner.
Judges say the fruit and honey combination offers great sensations to
the taste buds. The preserves, available in strawberry, peach, and
orange - contain all natural ingredients.

Honey Preserve, Helios, Spain: Sial Trends & Innovation Award, 2010

7. France: SIAL Trend & Innovation Award to Cuisimiel,
Cuisimiel

Speaking of honey,
Cuisimiel blends spice and honey to add to any food from
meat and fish to dessert. You can even use
Cuisimiel as a salad
dressing.

The iconic French "fast food" (ours should be as good!) is incredibly
delicious and incredibly rich. It's a hot ham and cheese sandwich with plenty
of cheese, pan-grilled in butter on two slices of bread that is served really
crusty. How it can become just as delicious by being microwaved, I don't know,
but the SIAL judges say it's pretty good when it's made even faster. And the
bread is still crusty!

9. France: SIAL Trend & Innovation Award to -18°, Daregal

-18° is the first frozen food supplement on
the market, at least in France... and it is to be kept at-18°
celcius. These supplements are sold by the specific health needs you
have... Slimness, Vitality, Beauty, Digestion, and Relaxation. I'll
take all five if they taste like ice cream!

Tea liqueur? Why not? Kahlua came out in 1936! Neat bottles and not a bad
brand name - Tatratea. In addition to coming in various strengths, Tatratea is
available in flavors, such as Citrus, White Tea and Peach, Original Black Tea,
and Forest Fruits. All natural ingredients can be served over ice, in hot tea,
or in cocktails.

Tatratea 32% to 72% Liqueur, Tatratea - Karloff, Slovak Republic

13. France: SIAL Trend & Innovation Award to Calicocktail, Roy
René

Calicocktail is a new food that presents callison as a cocktail
companion. Callison is a specialty of Aix-en-Provence, but its a sweet candy
made of icing-covered marzipan. Calicocktail treats are savory, made
with black olives, ratatouille, or dried tomatoes.

Sweet
and spicy biscuits - one as a snack or dessert, the other as an
apéritif - Chic' Choc of flavors. The dessert biscuit is made with
chocolate and red peppers, and the apéritif biscuit with black pepper, blackcurrant, and Bulgarian rose. Whoo! Both of these recipes were created by a chef toqué, whom you can see in the background of the package. Chef toqué can be best translated as 'hatted chef," or "chef wearing a chef's hat."

The 15 Trend and Innovation award winners will be formally announced at the SIAL 2010,
October 17 - 21, 2010 in Paris. Another 1,000 new foods from around
the world will be displayed. A special display of student chef edibles,The Food Landscape, was sponsored by SIAL and will be on display at the show.

Earlier this year, SIAL, the largest organization in the world representing the food industry announced the prestigious SIAL d'Or Awards for innovation and successful marketing earlier this year to nine products.

Let's hope we will soon be able to try some of these new tasties in the U.S. soon!